Agenda - 08-20-1996 - X-D - Laserfiche WebLink

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y 2 Cleans Water Bond grant funding, sewer service tax districts and an assortment of assessment methods have been evaluated by County staff. The County's CDBG funding applications have been turned down by the state on two occasions. Clean Water Bond grant funding has been very scarce for the last ten years and qualification requirements remain very difficult to meet. Assessment and sewer use rate strategies have been shown to be too costly for existing and potential sewer customers to bear. The property value of central Efland is too low to support tax district financing of sewer system expansion. There are several potential strategies and combinations of strategies which may provide hope for financing expansion of the Efland sewer system. CDBG funding requirements for infrastructure improvements have been recently modified to the point that sewer expansion may be eligible for grant funding. The County is funding engineering consultant work that will provide the reports and construction documents that are prerequisite to qualifying for federal and state grant funding. The BOCC, Planning Board and County staff are working to define and develop the Buckhorn Road. This may, in turn, eventually provide a significant property tax base which could be integrated into an Efland sewer tax district and used to subsidize the Efland sewer system. Any of these strategies, if successful, would at least reduce the financial burden of system expansion and operation on the citizens of Efland. RECOMMENDATION : The Manager recommends that the BOCC receive the report as information.